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Captain James Cook
Captain James Cook was the first known European to visit the waters of Antarctica aboard his ship the “Resolution” crossing the Antarctic Circle on 17 Jan 1773. Pack ice and the solid freezing of the ship's sails prevented him from exploring any further. -
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Antarctic Exploration
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Captain James Cook
A year after Cook had crossed the Antarctic Circle he did it again on the 30 Jan 1774. He once again got stuck in pack ice but he had gotten the furthest south that any known person -
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
The first person to sight Antarctica was Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen on 27 jan 1820. -
Mikhail Lazarev
On the 30 Jan 1820 Mikhail Lazarev who was the first to go to the Antarctic Peninsula. -
James Wedell
James Weddel had three voyages. The first was in 1819, the second was from 1821 to 1822 and the third was from 1822 to 1824. In 1819 James Weddell discoverd a part of the Southern Ocean which is now called the 'Weddell" Sea and it is named after him. -
Ernest Shackleton
Ernest Shackleton led his first expedition in 1908. By 1908 Ernest and his team had discoverd and climed the Beadmore Glacier. When they had turned back from starvation and terrible weather, they didn't know it but they were only 180km from the South Pole. -
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Scott arrives at Ross Island. -
Robert Falcon Scott
Robert Scott now eaves his hut with his crew and sets out for the long journey ahead to the South Pole -
Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen led the first expedition to the South Pole. He and four others arrived at the South Pole on the 14th of December 1911, five weeks before Robert Falcon Scott. -
Robert Falcon Scott
On the 17th of January 1912 Robert Falcon Scott and his crew, Bowers, Oates, Wilson and Evans found out that the Norwegians had beaten them to the South Pole. -
The Antarctic Treaty
The Antarctic Treaty was signed by 12 nations (including Australia) in Washigton December 1st, 1959. There are now 50 parties that have sighned The Antarctic Treaty.